Few things in public life are more panic-inducing than the arrival of the Whitehall investigators. But the inquiry into universities planned by the Cabinet Office's Better Regulation Task Force is an...
If the creation of the oral contraceptive had been delayed, it would never have made it to the market, argues its inventor Carl Djerassi. On October 15 1951, the first synthesis of a steroid oral...
Gifted children are not a homogeneous group. Consequently, there is a variety of definitions of "giftedness". A review of international research I conducted for schools inspection agency Ofsted shows...
Olga Wojtas meets the academics who are trying to get to the root of terrorism. "The only time that I ever came near to being filled in was a case of mistaken identity," says Steve Bruce, head of...
With Britain planning a centre for gifted kids, Stephen Phillips reports on US models. Joan Freeman considers research on how such schemes affect children. Princeton University first-year Stephanie...
Steve Farrar meets a man who travels the world seeking new fungi whose biochemical trickery could one day save human lives. In 1987, Gary Strobel had a life-changing clash with the establishment. At...
Lib Dems back student grants Liberal Democrats today called on the government to abolish student tuition fees and restore maintenance grants. The motion was passed at the party’s conference in...
The Independent Deflecting an asteroid approaching Earth could be more complex than just blowing it up, research suggests. Scientists at Hammersmith Hospital in London have found that Viagra ...
The Times A detailed history of the earliest humans to live in Britain is to be written in a £1.2 million study that will shed new light on the origins of modern man. The Ancient Human...
V-cs back Welsh bid to re-introduce grants Welsh vice-chancellors are backing proposals for the Welsh Assembly to seek legislative powers to introduce maintenance grants and bursaries for students....
Colombian politician kidnapped Consuelo Araujo, a former Colombian culture minister, was yesterday kidnapped by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces leftist guerrilla group near Valledupar in the...
Nitrous oxide... and the shadows cast by cowards Dale Lowdermilk [ Dale93150@aol.com ] Saturday 22 September 2001 04:19 BST Would a gun in the cockpit have saved 5 lives....10 lives....5,...
Brazilian lecturers' strike affects 30,000 students More than 30,000 applicants for places at Brazil's federal universities have had their entrance examinations cancelled as a result of an all-out...
Idealism dead in universities, says Lib Dem MP Liberal Democrat higher education spokesman David Rendel has bemoaned the loss of idealism in universities as they struggle with the pressures of...
The Independent Advances in technology have made it possible for terrorists to kill millions of people with chemical or biological weapons, the World Health Organisation warned yesterday. Africa's...